10 Dalai Lama Quotes On Inner Peace & Happiness

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About Dalai Lama His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso is a spiritual leader and head of Tibet. He was born in 1935, to a farming family, in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet. He advocates for the welfare of Tibetans and has called for the Middle Way Approach with China to peacefully resolve the issue of Tibet.

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1. “In order to be happy, we must first possess inner contentment and inner contentment doesn’t come from having all we want, but rather from wanting and appreciating all we have.”

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2. “When we feel love and kindness towards others, it not only makes others feel loved and cared for, but it also helps us to develop inner happiness and peace.”

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3. “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.”

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4. “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”

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5. “Happiness is not something readymade, it comes from your own actions.”

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6. “Happy people build their inner world, unhappy people blame their outer world.”

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7. “Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend, or a meaningful day.”

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8. “The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.”

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9. “Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility…”

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10. “I accept everyone as a friend. In truth, we already know one another, profoundly, as human beings who share the same basic goals: We all seek happiness and do not want suffering.”

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